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Fisher: North Sea

Smack (19th Century)

Site Name Fisher: North Sea

Classification Smack (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Aberdeen; '17 Miles South Of Girdleness'; Girdle Ness; Fisher

Canmore ID 285513

Site Number NJ90NE 8408

NGR NJ 980 052

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/285513

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeen, City Of
  • Parish Maritime - Aberdeen City Of
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NJ90NE 8408 unlocated

NLO: Girdle Ness [name: NJ 973 053]

Aberdeen [name: NJ 95 05].

Not to be confused with NK14SW 8041.

Montrose, 17th June. The FISHER (smack), of Banff, Smith, from Newcastle to Balintore, with coals, foundered off Girdleness [Girdle Ness], 15th June: crew saved.

Source: LL, No. 16,592, London, Tuesday, June 18 1867.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11258).

(Classified as smack, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 15 June 1867). Fisher: this vessel foundered 17 miles South of Girdleness [Girdle Ness]. Capt. Smith.

Registration: Banff. Built 1844. 44 tons burthern. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 8.50 W2 2.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 December 2006.

Activities

Loss (15 June 1867)

Montrose, 17th June. The FISHER (smack), of Banff, Smith, from Newcastle to Balintore, with coals, foundered off Girdleness [Girdle Ness], 15th June: crew saved.

Source: LL, No. 16,592, London, Tuesday, June 18 1867.

NMRS, MS/829/72 (no. 11258).

(Classified as smack, with cargo of coal: date of loss cited as 15 June 1867). Fisher: this vessel foundered 17 miles South of Girdleness [Girdle Ness]. Capt. Smith.

Registration: Banff. Built 1844. 44 tons burthern. Length: 16m. Beam: 5m.

(Location of loss cited as N57 8.50 W2 2.00).

I G Whittaker 1998.

Note (29 December 2006)

The map sheet and quasi-administrative area assigned to this record are essentially arbitrary, being derived from the unverified location that is cited by Whittaker.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 29 December 2006.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 9524

Name : FISHER

Latitude : 570830

Longitude : 20200

Date Built : 1844

Registration : BANFF

Type : SMACK

Tonnage : 44

Tonnage Code : B

Length : 16

Beam : 5

Loss Day : 15

Loss Month : 6

Loss Year : 1867

Comment : Foundered 17 miles south of Girdleness. Capt. Smith

Cargo : COAL

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